Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Lawson, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Lawson registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 9, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Isaac Lawson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Lawson
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Lawson in Gonzales County
- Silas Lawsonreached Texas about 1865
Lawsons elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 2 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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